– calls for “diplomatic” talks for “stability”
(Demerara Waves) – Guyana on Friday said Cubans must decide their future in free and fair elections and at the same time urged talks to ease tensions, amid persistent United States (US) calls for democracy and economic reforms.
“A resolution to the current situation must be based on the will of the Cuban people and founded on universal values, rule of law, humanitarian law, transparency and good governance,” the foreign affairs ministry said in a statement.
The United Nations Declaration of Human Rights states that “the will of the people shall be the basis of the authority of government; this will shall be expressed in periodic and genuine elections which shall be by universal and equal suffrage and shall be held by secret vote or by equivalent free voting procedures.”
The Guyana government says it stands in solidarity with the Cuban people and welcomes a sustainable solution to the economic and humanitarian challenges in Cuba.
